Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

FirstMerit Corporation and Affiliates Employees’ Salary Savings Retirement Plan

Columbus, Ohio

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form

S-8 (333-209962) of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated of our report dated June 28, 2019, relating to the financial statements and supplemental schedule of FirstMerit Corporation and Affiliates Employees' Salary Savings Retirement Plan which appear in this Form 11-K for the years ended December 31, 2018.

                                

/s/ BDO USA, LLP

Cleveland, Ohio

June 28, 2019