Exhibit 24



POWERS OF ATTORNEY



WITNESSETH, that each of the undersigned directors or officers of FIRST CITIZENS BANCORPORATION INC. (Bancorp), a South Carolina
corporation, by his or her execution hereof, hereby constitutes and appoints each of JIM B. APPLE, CRAIG L. NIX and CHARLES D. COOK, or any substitute appointed by either of them, jointly and severally, as his or her true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for him or her, and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute and sign his or her name to Bancorps Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, which is to be filed by Bancorp with
the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact full power and authority, acting jointly or severally, to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which they may
lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



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|Signature                |  | Title                                                                                                        |  | Date            
|/S/ Jim B. Apple         |  | Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer (principal executive officer)                                |  | January 27, 2005
|Jim B. Apple             |  |                                                                                                             
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|/S/ Craig L. Nix         |  | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer (principal financial and accounting
officer) |  | January 27, 2005
|Craig L. Nix             |  |                                                                                                             
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|/S/ Carmen Holding Ames  |  | Director                                                                                                     |  | January 27, 2005
|Carmen Holding Ames      |  |                                                                                                             
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|/S/ Richard W. Blackmon  |  | Director                                                                                                     |  | January 27, 2005
|Richard W. Blackmon      |  |                                                                                                             
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|/S/ Peter M. Bristow     |  | Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director                                               |  | January 27, 2005
|Peter M. Bristow         |  |                                                                                                             
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|/S/ George H. Broadrick  |  | Director                                                                                                     |  | January 27, 2005
|George H. Broadrick      |  |                                                                                                             
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|/S/ Walter C. Cottingham |  | Director                                                                                                     |  | January 27, 2005
|Walter C. Cottingham     |  |                                                                                                             
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|/S/ David E. Dukes       |  | Director                                                                                                     |  | January 27, 2005
|David E. Dukes           |  |                                                                                                             



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|/S/ M. Craig Garner, Jr.     |  | Director      |  | March 3, 2005   
|M. Craig Garner, Jr.         |  |               |  |                 
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|/S/ William E. Hancock III   |  | Director      |  | January 27, 2005
|William E. Hancock III       |  |               |  |                 
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|/S/ Robert B. Haynes         |  | Director      |  | January 27, 2005
|Robert B. Haynes             |  |               |  |                 
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|/S/ Wycliffe E. Haynes       |  | Director      |  | January 27, 2005
|Wycliffe E. Haynes           |  |               |  |                 
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|/S/ Lewis M. Henderson       |  | Director      |  | January 27, 2005
|Lewis M. Henderson           |  |               |  |                 
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|/S/ Frank B. Holding         |  | Vice Chairman |  | January 27, 2005
|Frank B. Holding             |  |               |  |                 
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|/S/ Kevin B. Marsh           |  | Director      |  | March 3, 2005   
|Kevin B. Marsh               |  |               |  |                 
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|/S/ Charles S. McLaurin III  |  | Director      |  | January 27, 2005
|Charles S. McLaurin III      |  |               |  |                 
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|/S/ N. Welch Morrisette, Jr. |  | Director      |  | January 27, 2005
|N. Welch Morrisette, Jr.     |  |               |  |                 
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|/S/ E. Perry Palmer          |  | Director      |  | January 27, 2005
|E. Perry Palmer              |  |               |  |                 
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|/S/ William E. Sellars       |  | Director      |  | January 27, 2005
|William E. Sellars           |  |               |  |                 
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|/S/ Henry F. Sherrill        |  | Director      |  | January 27, 2005
|Henry F. Sherrill            |  |               |  |