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, 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, 2006, 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 22, 2007.

     DIRECTORS/OFFICERS:

Signatures		Title
/s/ Thomas E. Hoaglin   Thomas E. Hoaglin		Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Donald R. Kimble   Donald R. Kimble		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Thomas P. Reed   Thomas P. Reed		Senior Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Raymond J. Biggs   Raymond J. Biggs		Director
/s/ Don M. Casto III   Don M. Casto III		Director
/s/ Michael J. Endres   Michael J. Endres		Director
/s/ John B. Gerlach, Jr.   John B. Gerlach, Jr.		Director
/s/ Karen A. Holbrook   Karen A. Holbrook		Director
/s/ David P. Lauer   David P. Lauer		Director
/s/ Wm. J. Lhota   Wm. J. Lhota		Director
/s/ David L. Porteous   David L. Porteous		Director
/s/ Kathleen H. Ransier   Kathleen H. Ransier		Director
/s/ Gene E. Little   Gene E. Little		Director