Exhibit (24)

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and officers of WACHOVIA CORPORATION (the “Corporation”) hereby constitute and appoint Mark C. Treanor and Ross E. Jeffries, Jr., and each of them severally, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in any one of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as directors and officers of the Corporation, one or more Registration Statements to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the registration of the deferred compensation obligations of the Corporation beginning in 2003 under the Corporation’s Savings Restoration Plan, and any other securities of the Corporation or interests therein that are required to be so registered with respect to such Plan, and to sign any and all amendments to such Registration Statements.

Signature	Capacity
/s/    LESLIE M. BAKER, JR.         Leslie M. Baker, Jr.	Chairman and Director
/s/    G. KENNEDY THOMPSON         G. Kennedy Thompson	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
/s/    ROBERT P. KELLY         Robert P. Kelly	Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
/s/    DAVID M. JULIAN         David M. Julian	Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/    F. DUANE ACKERMAN         F. Duane Ackerman	Director
/s/    JOHN D. BAKER, II         John D. Baker, II	Director
/s/    JAMES S. BALLOUN         James S. Balloun	Director
/s/    ROBERT J. BROWN         Robert J. Brown	Director

Signature	Capacity
/s/    PETER C. BROWNING         Peter C. Browning	Director
/s/    JOHN T. CASTEEN III         John T. Casteen III	Director
/s/    WILLIAM H. GOODWIN, JR         William H. Goodwin, Jr	Director
/s/    ROBERT A. INGRAM         Robert A. Ingram	Director
Mackey J. Mcdonald	Director
/s/    JOSEPH NEUBAUER         Joseph Neubauer	Director
/s/    LLOYD U. NOLAND III         Lloyd U. Noland III	Director
/s/    RUTH G. SHAW         Ruth G. Shaw	Director
/s/    LANTY L. SMITH         Lanty L. Smith	Director
/s/    JOHN C. WHITAKER, JR.         John C. Whitaker, Jr.	Director
/s/    DONA DAVIS YOUNG         Dona Davis Young	Director

October 15, 2002

Charlotte, NC