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[PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LOGO]                                     Exhibit 23


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

The Board of Directors
FirstMerit Corporation

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement
Nos. 33-47074, 33-47147, 33-57557, 33-63101, 333-66129, 333-72287 and 333-78953
on Forms S-8, of our report dated January 31, 2001, relating to the financial
statements which appears in the 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, 2000. We also
consent to the use of our reports dated April 18, 2001, relating to the
FirstMerit Corporation and Subsidiaries Employees' Stock Purchase Plan and the
FirstMerit Corporation and Subsidiaries Employees' Salary Savings Retirement
Plan which appear in this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
FirstMerit Corporation.


                                        /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Columbus, Ohio
April 25, 2001