Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned Directors of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a Pennsylvania corporation, hereby names, constitutes and appoints Richard J. Johnson, Samuel R. Patterson, George P. Long, III and Karen M. Barrett, and each of them, as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”); including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as he or she may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments or supplements thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms that said attorney-in-fact and agent, acting alone may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

WITNESS the due execution hereof by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of this 2nd day of March, 2009.

 

Name/Signature

      

Capacity

/s/ James E. Rohr

   

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer) and Director

James E. Rohr    

/s/ Richard J. Johnson

   

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

Richard J. Johnson    

/s/ Samuel R. Patterson

   

Controller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

Samuel R. Patterson    


/s/ Richard O. Berndt

    Director
Richard O. Berndt    

/s/ Charles E. Bunch

    Director
Charles E. Bunch    

/s/ Paul W. Chellgren

    Director
Paul W. Chellgren    

/s/ Robert N. Clay

    Director
Robert N. Clay    

/s/ George A. Davidson, Jr.

    Director
George A. Davidson, Jr.    

/s/ Kay Coles James

    Director
Kay Coles James    

/s/ Richard B. Kelson

    Director
Richard B. Kelson    

/s/ Bruce C. Linday

    Director
Bruce C. Lindsay    

/s/ Anthony A. Massaro

    Director
Anthony A. Massaro    

/s/ Jane G. Pepper

    Director
Jane G. Pepper    

/s/ Donald J. Shepard

    Director
Donald J. Shepard    

/s/ Lorene K. Steffes

    Director
Lorene K. Steffes    

/s/ Dennis F. Strigl

    Director
Dennis F. Strigl    

/s/ Stephen G. Thieke

    Director
Stephen G. Thieke    

/s/ Thomas J. Usher

    Director
Thomas J. Usher    

/s/ George H. Walls, Jr.

    Director
George H. Walls, Jr.    

/s/ Helge H. Wehmeier

    Director
Helge H. Wehmeier