POWER OF ATTORNEY


            Know all men by these presents that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each ofElizabeth B. Moore, Richard A. Cheap,
and Nancy T. Hall, signing singly, his/her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

      (1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any
other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes, passwords,
and passphrases enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings
with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

      (2)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Huntington
Bancshares Incorporated (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder or any other form, statement, certification or representation
required under the federal securities laws including
Form 144 (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Forms");

      (3)  	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the
execution of any such Forms and the filing of such Forms with
the SEC and any securities exchange or similar authority; and

      (4) 	 take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in his/her discretion.

            The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
his/her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
effect until the undersigned is no longer subject to Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder with
respect to transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or any other federal securities laws.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this 26th day of April, 2017.


                                     /s/Andrew J. Harmening
                                     Andrew J. Harmening