EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
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         Each director and officer of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (the
"Corporation"), whose signature appears below hereby appoints Richard A. Cheap,
Thomas E. Hoaglin, and Michael J. McMennamin, or any of them, as his or her
attorney-in-fact, to sign, in his or her name and behalf and in any and all
capacities stated below, and to cause to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Annual
Report") for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and likewise to sign and
file any amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Annual Report,
and the Corporation hereby also appoints such persons as its attorneys-in-fact
and each of them as its attorney-in-fact with like authority to sign and file
the Annual Report and any amendments thereto in its name and behalf, each such
person and the Corporation hereby granting to such attorney-in-fact full power
of substitution and revocation, and hereby ratifying all that such
attorney-in-fact or his substitute may do by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of
Attorney, in counterparts if necessary, effective as of January 16, 2002.

DIRECTORS/OFFICERS:



         Signatures                                           Title
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/s/  Thomas E. Hoaglin                  Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer
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      Thomas E. Hoaglin

/s/  Michael J. McMennamin              Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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      Michael J. McMennamin

/s/  John D. Van Fleet                  Senior Vice President and Controller
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      John D. Van Fleet

/s/  Don M. Casto III                   Director
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      Don M. Casto III

/s/  Don Conrad                         Director
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      Don Conrad

/s/  John B. Gerlach, Jr.               Director
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      John B. Gerlach, Jr.

/s/  Patricia T. Hayot                  Director
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      Patricia T. Hayot

/s/  Wm. J. Lhota                       Director
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      Wm. J. Lhota

/s/  Robert H. Schottenstein            Director
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      Robert H. Schottenstein

/s/  George A. Skestos                  Director
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      George A. Skestos

                                        Director
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      Lewis R. Smoot, Sr.

/s/  Timothy P. Smucker                 Director
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      Timothy P. Smucker