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FIRST UNION CORPORATION
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and officers
of FIRST UNION CORPORATION (the "Corporation") hereby constitute and appoint
Mark C. Treanor and Kent S. Hathaway, 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 any transactions entered into by the Corporation pursuant to the
resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors on August 15, 2000, or any
subsequent readoption of such resolutions, and to sign any and all amendments to
such Registration Statements.
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/s/ EDWARD E. CRUTCHFIELD Chairman and Director
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Edward E. Crutchfield
/s/ G. KENNEDY THOMPSON President and Chief Executive Officer and
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G. Kennedy Thompson
/s/ ROBERT T. ATWOOD Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
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Robert T. Atwood
/s/ JAMES H. HATCH Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller
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James H. Hatch
/s/ EDWARD E. BARR Director
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Edward E. Barr
/s/ G. ALEX BERNHARDT Director
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G. Alex Bernhardt
/s/ ERSKINE B. BOWLES Director
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Erskine B. Bowles
/s/ W. WALDO BRADLEY Director
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W. Waldo Bradley
/s/ ROBERT J. BROWN Director
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Robert J. Brown
/s/ A. DANO DAVIS Director
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A. Dano Davis
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/s/ NORWOOD H. DAVIS, JR. Director
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Norwood H. Davis, Jr.
/s/ B. F. DOLAN Director
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B. F. Dolan
/s/ RODDEY DOWD, SR. Director
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Roddey Dowd, Sr.
/s/ WILLIAM H. GOODWIN, JR. Director
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William H. Goodwin, Jr.
/s/ FRANK M. HENRY Director
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Frank M. Henry
Director
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James E. S. Hynes
/s/ ERNEST E. JONES Director
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Ernest E. Jones
/s/ HERBERT LOTMAN Director
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Herbert Lotman
/s/ RADFORD D. LOVETT Director
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Radford D. Lovett
/s/ MACKEY J. MCDONALD Director
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Mackey J. McDonald
/s/ PATRICIA A. MCFATE Director
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Patricia A. McFate
/s/ JOSEPH NEUBAUER Director
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Joseph Neubauer
/s/ JAMES M. SEABROOK Director
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James M. Seabrook
/s/ RUTH G. SHAW Director
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Ruth G. Shaw
/s/ LANTY L. SMITH Director
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Lanty L. Smith
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Dated: August 15, 2000
Charlotte, North Carolina
