Form 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Porteous David L. 		2. Date of Event Requiring Statement(Month/Day/Year)
10/14/2003 		4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (HBAN)
(Last)             (First)            (Middle)

P.O. Box 206 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
                      (Check all applicable)      
_X_ Director                       ___ 10% Owner
___ Officer (give                ___ Other (specify
                    title below)                      below)
6. If Amendment, Date of
Original (Month/Day/Year)

3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity
(voluntary)

XXXXXXXX
(Street)

Reed City Michigan 49677 		7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)             (State)             (Zip) Table I -  Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security
(Instr. 4) 		2. Amount of Securities
Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4) 		3. Ownership
Form: Direct
(D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5) 		4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock  335114  D(1)  --
Common Stock  91902  I  By Children
Common Stock  7068  I  By Spouse
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr.4)		 2. Date Exer-
cisable and
Expiration
Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying
Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		 4. Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of
Deri-
vative
Security
 5. Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect
Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date
Exer-
cisable		 Expira
tion
Date		 Title Amount
or
Number
of
Shares
Explanation of Responses:

(1)   289,523 of these shares are owned jointly by the reporting person and his spouse.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).		  By: Elizabeth B. Moore
**Signature of Reporting Person
Attorney-in-fact 		 10/21/2003
Date
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