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, 2007, 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 25, 2008.
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/ Marylouise Fennell
 
Marylouise Fennell		   Director
/s/ John B. Gerlach, Jr.
 
John B. Gerlach, Jr.		   Director
/s/ D. James Hilliker
 
D. James Hilliker		   Director
/s/ ..David P. Lauer
 
David P. Lauer		   Director
/s/ Jonathan A. Levy
 
Jonathan A. Levy		   Director
/s/ Wm. J. Lhota
 
Wm. J. Lhota		   Director

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/s/ Gene E. Little
 
Gene E. Little		   Director
/s/ Gerard P. Mastroianni
 
Gerard P. Mastroianni		   Director
/s/ David L. Porteous
 
David L. Porteous		   Director
/s/ Kathleen H. Ransier
 
Kathleen H. Ransier		   Director

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