Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

(Re: Second Amended and Restated 2007 Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan)

     Each director and officer of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (the “Corporation”), whose signature appears below, hereby appoints Richard A. Cheap, Donald R. Kimble and Stephen D. Steinour, 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 Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 17,500,000 shares of the common stock of the Corporation (as such number of shares may be adjusted from time to time for stock dividends, stock splits, or similar transactions affecting the common stock of the Corporation generally) in connection with the Corporation’s Second Amended and Restated 2007 Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan, and likewise to sign and file any amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, 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 executed this Power of Attorney, in counterparts if necessary, effective as of July 21, 2010.

DIRECTORS/OFFICERS:

Signature				Title
/s/ Stephen D. Steinour				Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President,
Stephen D. Steinour				and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Donald R. Kimble				Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Donald R. Kimble				(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ David S. Anderson				Executive Vice President and Controller
David S. Anderson				(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Don M. Casto III				Director
Don M. Casto III
/s/ Michael J. Endres				Director
Michael J. Endres
/s/ John B. Gerlach, Jr.				Director
John B. Gerlach, Jr.
/s/ D. James Hilliker				Director
D. James Hilliker
/s/ David P. Lauer				Director
David P. Lauer

Signature				Title
/s/ Jonathan A. Levy				Director
Jonathan A. Levy
/s/ Wm. J. Lhota				Director
Wm. J. Lhota
				Director
Gene E. Little
/s/ Gerard P. Mastroianni				Director
Gerard P. Mastroianni
/s/ Richard W. Neu				Director
Richard W. Neu
/s/ David L. Porteous				Director
David L. Porteous
/s/ Kathleen H. Ransier				Director
Kathleen H. Ransier
/s/ William R. Robertson				Director
William R. Robertson