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 Michael J. McMennamin, 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, 2003, 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 January 16, 2004.

 

DIRECTORS/OFFICERS:

 

Signatures


  

Title


/s/ Thomas E. Hoaglin


      Thomas E. Hoaglin

  

Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Michael J. McMennamin


      Michael J. McMennamin

  

Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer

(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ John D. Van Fleet


      John D. Van Fleet

  

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/ 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

 


      Robert H. Schottenstein

   Director

/s/ George A. Skestos


      George A. Skestos

   Director

 


      Lewis R. Smoot, Sr.

   Director