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, 2010, 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, 2011.
DIRECTORS/OFFICERS:
Signature / Title
     
/s/ Stephen D. Steinour
  /s/ David P. Lauer
 
   
Stephen D. Steinour
  David P. Lauer
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and
  Director
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
    
 
    
/s/ Donald R. Kimble
  /s/ Jonathan A. Levy
 
   
Donald R. Kimble
  Jonathan A. Levy
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
  Director
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
    
 
    
/s/ David S. Anderson
  /s/ Wm. J. Lhota
 
   
David S. Anderson
  Wm. J. Lhota
Executive Vice President and Controller
  Director
(Principal Accounting Officer)
    
 
    
/s/ Don M. Casto III
  /s/ Gerard P. Mastroianni
 
   
Don M. Casto III
  Gerard P. Mastroianni
Director
  Director
 
    
/s/ Ann B. Crane
  /s/ Richard W. Neu
 
   
Ann B. Crane
  Richard W. Neu
Director
  Director
 
    
/s/ Steven G. Elliott
  /s/ David L. Porteous
 
   
Steven G. Elliott
  David L. Porteous
Director
  Director
 
    
/s/ Michael J. Endres.
  /s/ Kathleen H. Ransier
 
   
Michael J. Endres.
  Kathleen H. Ransier
Director
  Director
 
    
/s/ John B. Gerlach, Jr.
  /s/ William R. Robertson
 
   
John B. Gerlach, Jr.
  William R. Robertson
Director
  Director
 
    
/s/ D. James Hilliker
    
 
   
D. James Hilliker
Director