Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned members of the Board of Directors and Executive Officers of Emerson Electric Co., a Missouri corporation with principal offices at 8000 West Florissant Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, 63136, hereby appoint W. J. Galvin as their Attorney-in-Fact for the purpose of signing Emerson Electric Co.'s Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-K (and any and all Amendments thereto) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008.
Dated: October 7, 2008
Signature | Title | |
| /s/ D. N. Farr | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President | |
| D. N. Farr | ||
| /s/ W. J. Galvin | Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director | |
| W. J. Galvin | ||
| /s/ R. J. Schlueter | Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | |
| R. J. Schlueter | ||
| /s/ A. A. Busch III | Director | |
| A. A. Busch III | ||
| /s/ D. C. Farrell | Director | |
| D. C. Farrell | ||
| /s/ C. Fernandez G. | Director | |
| C. Fernandez G. | ||
| /s/ A. F. Golden | Director | |
| A. F. Golden | ||
| /s/ H. Green | Director | |
| H. Green |
| /s/ R. B. Horton | Director | |
| R. B. Horton | ||
| /s/ W. R. Johnson | Director | |
| W. R. Johnson | ||
| /s/ V. R. Loucks, Jr. | Director | |
| V. R. Loucks, Jr. | ||
| /s/ J. B. Menzer | Director | |
| J. B. Menzer | ||
| /s/ C. A. Peters | Director | |
| C. A. Peters | ||
| /s/ J. W. Prueher | Director | |
| J. W. Prueher | ||
| /s/ R. L. Ridgway | Director | |
| R. L. Ridgway | ||
| /s/ R. L. Stephenson | Director | |
| R. L. Stephenson |