POWER OF ATTORNEY


             Know all men by these presents that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Elizabeth B. Moore, Richard A. Cheap, and Nancy
  T. Hall, signing singly, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

       (1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes, passwords, and passphrases enabling the undersigned
  to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

       (2)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder or any other form,
statement, certification or representation required under the federal securities
  laws including Form 144 (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Forms");

       (3)  	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any
  such Forms and the filing of such Forms with the SEC and any securities
exchange or similar authority; and

       (4) 	 take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
  foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
  undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
  contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
his/her discretion.

             The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or his/her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force effect until
the undersigned is no longer subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder with respect to transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or any other federal securities laws.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 18 day of April, 2017.


                                          /s/Julie C. Tutkovics
                                          Julie C. Tutkovics