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                                                                      Exhibit 23

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

The Board of Directors
FirstMerit Corporation

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement
Nos. 33-7266, 33-47074, 33-47147, 33-57076, 33-57557, 33-63101, 333-66129,
333-72287 and 333-78953 on Forms S-8 of our report dated January 31, 2000
relating to the financial statements, which appears in the 1999 Annual Report to
Shareholders of FirstMerit Corporation, which is incorporated by reference in
FirstMerit Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1999. We also consent to the use of our reports dated April 14, 2000 and
April 21, 2000, relating to the FirstMerit Corporation and Subsidiaries
Employees' Stock Purchase Plan and the FirstMerit Corporation and Subsidiaries
Employees' Salary Savings Retirement Plan, respectively, which appear in
Amendment No. 1 to the 1999 Annual Report on Form 10-K of FirstMerit
Corporation.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Cleveland, Ohio
April 26, 2000