EXHIBIT 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         Each director and officer of Huntington Preferred Capital, Inc. (the
"Corporation"), whose signature appears below hereby appoints Michael J.
McMennamin and John D. Van Fleet, 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, 2002, 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 March 25, 2003.

DIRECTORS/OFFICERS:

       Signatures                                      Title
       ----------                                      -----

/s/  Michael J. McMennamin                  President and Director
- ------------------------------------        (Principal Executive Officer)
     Michael J. McMennamin


/s/  John D. Van Fleet                      Vice President and Director
- ------------------------------------        (Principal Accounting Officer)
     John D. Van Fleet


/s/ Richard A. Cheap                                 Director
- ------------------------------------
    Richard A. Cheap


/s/ Stephen E. Dutton                                Director
- ------------------------------------
    Stephen E. Dutton


/s/ R. Larry Hoover                                  Director
- ------------------------------------
    R. Larry Hoover


/s/ Edward J. Kane                                   Director
- ------------------------------------
    Edward J. Kane


/s/ Roger E. Kephart                                 Director
- ------------------------------------
    Roger E. Kephart


/s/ James D. Robbins                                 Director
- ------------------------------------
    James D. Robbins


                                                     Director
- ------------------------------------
    Paul V. Sebert