Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     Each director and officer of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (the “Corporation”), whose signature appears below hereby appoints Richard A. Cheap, Stephen D. Steinour, and Donald R. Kimble, 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, 2009, 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 February 18, 2010.
DIRECTORS/OFFICERS:
Signature / Title
           
           
/s/ Stephen D. Steinour        /s/ Jonathan A. Levy  
Stephen D. Steinour
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
      Jonathan A. Levy
Director
 
           
           
/s/ Donald R. Kimble        /s/ William. J. Lhota  
Donald R. Kimble
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
      Wm. J. Lhota
Director
 
           
           
/s/ David S. Anderson        /s/ Gene E. Little  
David S. Anderson
Executive Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
      Gene E. Little
Director
 
           
           
/s/ Don M. Casto III        /s/ Gerard P. Mastroianni  
Don M. Casto III
Director
      Gerard P. Mastroianni
Director
 
           
           
/s/ Michael J. Endres        /s/ Richard W. Neu  
Michael J. Endres
Director
      Richard W. Neu
Director
 
           
           
/s/ Marylouise Fennell        /s/ David L. Porteous  
Marylouise Fennell
Director
      David L. Porteous
Director
 
           
           
/s/ John B. Gerlach, Jr.        /s/ Kathleen H. Ransier  
John B. Gerlach, Jr.
Director
      Kathleen H. Ransier
Director
 
           
           
/s/ D. James Hilliker        /s/ William R. Robertson  
D. James Hilliker
Director
      William R. Robertson
Director
 
           
           
/s/ David P. Lauer           
David P. Lauer
Director