Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each director and officer of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (the “Corporation”), whose signature appears below hereby appoints Richard A. Cheap, Thomas E. Hoaglin, 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, 2005, 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 14, 2006.

DIRECTORS/OFFICERS:

		Signatures		Title
/s/		Thomas E. Hoaglin		Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
		Thomas E. Hoaglin		(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/		Donald R. Kimble		Chief Financial Officer and Controller
		Donald R. Kimble		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/		Raymond J. Biggs		Director
		Raymond J. Biggs
/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/		Karen A. Holbrook		Director
		Karen A. Holbrook
/s/		David P. Lauer		Director
		David P. Lauer
/s/		Wm. J. Lhota		Director
		Wm. J. Lhota
/s/		David L. Porteous		Director
		David L. Porteous
/s/		Kathleen H. Ransier		Director
		Kathleen H. Ransier
				Director
		Robert H. Schottenstein