Form: 11-K

Annual report of employee stock purchase, savings and similar plans

March 30, 2001

EXHIBIT 23

Published on March 30, 2001


Exhibit to the Annual Report
(Form 11-K) of the Huntington
Supplemental Stock Purchase
and Tax Savings Plan and Trust
for the year ended December
31, 2000


Consent of Independent Auditors


We consent to the incorporation by reference in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-44208) pertaining to the
Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax Savings Plan and Trust and in the
related Prospectus of our report dated March 30, 2001, with respect to the
financial statements of the Huntington Supplemental Stock Purchase and Tax
Savings Plan and Trust included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year
ended December 31, 2000.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Columbus, Ohio
March 30, 2001

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