EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY
(Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3)

     Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (the “Corporation”) hereby appoints Richard A. Cheap, Thomas E. Hoaglin, and Donald R. Kimble as his or her attorneys, and any of them, with power to act without the others, as his or her attorney for so long as such individual remains an officer of the Corporation, to sign, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, and in any and all capacities stated below, and to cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Corporation’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-131143) (as amended by such Post-Effective Amendment, the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and any and all exhibits thereto and further amendments to the Registration Statement, (including any related registration statement which may be filed under Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act), and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with, or submitted to, the Commission pertaining thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys, and to each of them, individually, full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned, and in any and all such capacities, every act and thing whatsoever necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully as any of the undersigned could or might do in person, hereby granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power of substitution and revocation and hereby ratifying all that any such attorney-in-fact or his substitute may do by virtue hereof.

     In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have signed these presents as of the dates indicated next to their respective signatures below.

Signature:		Title:		Date:
/s/ Thomas E. Hoaglin				February 20, 2008
Thomas E. Hoaglin		Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Donald R. Kimble				February 20, 2008
Donald R. Kimble		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Thomas P. Reed				February 20, 2008
Thomas P. Reed		Controller and Senior Vice President (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Raymond J. Biggs				February 20, 2008
Raymond J. Biggs		Director

Signature:		Title:		Date:
/s/ Don M. Casto III				February 20, 2008
Don M. Casto III		Director
/s/ Michael J. Endres				February 20, 2008
Michael J. Endres		Director
/s/ Marylouise Fennell, RSM				February 20, 2008
Marylouise Fennell, RSM		Director
/s/ John B. Gerlach				February 20, 2008
John B. Gerlach		Director
/s/ D. James Hilliker				February 20, 2008
D. James Hilliker		Director
/s/ David P. Lauer				February 20, 2008
David P. Lauer		Director
/s/ Wm. J. Lhota				February 20, 2008
Wm. J. Lhota		Director
/s/ Jonathan A. Levy				February 20, 2008
Jonathan A. Levy		Director
/s/ Gene E. Little				February 20, 2008
Gene E. Little		Director
/s/ Gerard P. Mastroianni				February 20, 2008
Gerard P. Mastroianni		Director

Signature:		Title:		Date:
/s/ David L. Porteous				February 20, 2008
David L. Porteous		Director
/s/ Kathleen H. Ransier				February 20, 2008
Kathleen H. Ransier		Director