EXHIBIT 24

Published on January 27, 1995


Exhibit 24


POWER OF ATTORNEY



The undersigned officers and directors of Huntington Bancshares
Incorporated (the "Corporation") hereby appoint Zuheir Sofia, W. Lee Hoskins,
Ralph K. Frasier, and Gerald R. Williams as his attorneys, and any of them,
with power to act without the others, as his attorney, to sign, in his name and
on his behalf and in any and all capacities stated below, and to cause to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), the
Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a
maximum of 2,500,000 authorized and unissued shares of the Common Stock,
without par value, of the Corporation (as such number of shares may be adjusted
from time to time for stock dividends, stock splits, or similar transactions
affecting the Common Stock of the Corporation generally), in connection with
the proposed merger of Security National Corporation into Huntington Bancshares
Florida, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation, and any
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration
Statement, hereby granting to such attorneys, and to each of them,
individually, full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
behalf of each of the undersigned, and in any and all such capacities, every
act and thing whatsoever necessary to be done in and about the premises as
fully as the undersigned could or might do in person, hereby granting to each
such attorney-in-fact full power of substitution and revocation and hereby
ratifying all that any such attorney-in-fact or his substitute may do by virtue
hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed these presents this
18th day of January, 1995.




/s/ Frank Wobst
- -------------------------- Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Frank Wobst (principal executive officer)




/s/ W. Lee Hoskins
- -------------------------- Vice Chairman and Director
W. Lee Hoskins




/s/ Zuheir Sofia
- -------------------------- President, Chief Operating Officer,
Zuheir Sofia Treasurer, and Director





/s/ Gerald R. Williams
- -------------------------- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Gerald R. Williams Officer (principal financial officer)







/s/ John D. Van Fleet
- -------------------------- Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller
John D. Van Fleet

/s/ Don Monroe Casto III Director
- ----------------------------------
Don Monroe Casto III




/s/ Don Conrad Director
- ----------------------------------
Don Conrad




/s/ John B. Gerlach Director
- ----------------------------------
John B. Gerlach




/s/ Wm. J. Lhota Director
- ----------------------------------
Wm. J. Lhota




- ---------------------------------- Director
Gerald E. Mayo




/s/ Timothy P. Smucker Director
- ----------------------------------
Timothy P. Smucker




/s/ Marvin E. White Director
- ----------------------------------
Marvin E. White




/s/ William J. Williams Director
- ----------------------------------
William J. Williams





/s/ Milton A. Wolf
- ---------------------------------- Director
Milton A. Wolf