EXHIBIT 23.5 MCDONALD INVESTMENTS MCDONALD INVESTMENTS INC. 800 Superior Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2603 December 6, 2001 WesBanco, Inc. One Bank Plaza Wheeling, West Virginia 26003 We hereby consent to the inclusion as an exhibit to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus constituting part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of WesBanco, Inc. of our letter to the Board of Directors of American Bancorporation and to all references made to such letter and to the firm in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Our consent should not be construed as an admission that we are a person from whom a consent is required under section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933. MCDONALD INVESTMENTS INC. By:/s/ RALPH M. DELLA RATTA, JR. ----------------------------- Senior Managing Director