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Exhibit (24)
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 the registration of new debt, equity and other
securities of the Corporation having an aggregate initial offering price of up
to $4,000,000,000, and to sign any and all amendments to such Registration
Statements.
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Signature Capacity
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/s/ Edward E. Crutchfield Chairman and Director
______________________________________
Edward E. Crutchfield
/s/ G. Kennedy Thompson President and Chief Executive Officer
______________________________________ and Director
G. Kennedy Thompson
/s/ Robert T. Atwood Executive Vice President and Chief
______________________________________ Financial Officer
Robert T. Atwood
/s/ James H. Hatch Senior Vice President and Corporate
______________________________________ Controller (Principal Accounting
James H. Hatch Officer)
/s/ Edward E. Barr Director
______________________________________
Edward E. Barr
/s/ G. Alex Bernhardt Director
______________________________________
G. Alex Bernhardt
/s/ Erskine B. Bowles Director
______________________________________
Erskine B. Bowles
/s/ W. Waldo Bradley Director
______________________________________
W. Waldo Bradley
/s/ Robert J. Brown Director
______________________________________
Robert J. Brown
Director
______________________________________
A. Dano Davis
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Signature Capacity
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<S> <C>
/s/ Norwood H. Davis, Jr. Director
______________________________________
Norwood H. Davis, Jr.
/s/ B.F. Dolan Director
______________________________________
B.F. Dolan
/s/ Roddey Dowd, Sr. Director
______________________________________
Roddey Dowd, Sr.
/s/ William H. Goodwin, Jr. Director
______________________________________
William H. Goodwin, Jr.
/s/ Frank M. Henry Director
______________________________________
Frank M. Henry
/s/ James E.S. Hynes Director
______________________________________
James E.S. Hynes
/s/ Ernest E. Jones Director
______________________________________
Ernest E. Jones
/s/ Herbert Lotman Director
______________________________________
Herbert Lotman
/s/ Radford D. Lovett Director
______________________________________
Radford D. Lovett
/s/ Mackey J. McDonald Director
______________________________________
Mackey J. McDonald
/s/ Patricia A. McFate Director
______________________________________
Patricia A. McFate
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Signature Capacity
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Director
______________________________________
Joseph Neubauer
/s/ James M. Seabrook Director
______________________________________
James M. Seabrook
/s/ Ruth G. Shaw Director
______________________________________
Ruth G. Shaw
/s/ Lanty L. Smith Director
______________________________________
</TABLE> Lanty L. Smith
Dated: April 18, 2000
Charlotte, North Carolina
