EXHIBIT 32.1

                        CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT

                         PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SS. 1350

      Pursuant to, and for purposes only of, 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, the undersigned
hereby certifies that (i) the Annual Report of First United  Corporation on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Report") fully complies with the  requirements of Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) information  contained
in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
and results of operations of First United Corporation.


Date: March 14, 2005                    /s/ William B. Grant
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                                        William B. Grant, Chairman of the Board/
                                        Chief Executive Officer