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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 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 under the Corporation's Financial Consultants Deferred Compensation
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
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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
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G. Kennedy Thompson
/s/ Robert T. Atwood Executive Vice President
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Robert T. Atwood
/s/ James H. Hatch Senior Vice President and
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James H. Hatch (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Edward E. Barr Director
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Edward E. Barr
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/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
/s/ Norwood H. Davis Director
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Norwood H. Davis
/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
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/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
August 15, 2000
Charlotte, North Carolina
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