Exhibit 23


                     INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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 The Board of Directors
 Emerson Electric Co.:

 We consent to incorporation by reference in Registration Statement
 Nos. 333-46919, 333-72591, 333-44163, 33-57161, 33-38805, 33-34948
 33-34633, 33-57985, 33-60399 and 33-2739 on Form S-8 and Registration
 Statement Nos. 333-84673, 333-66865, 33-62545 and 33-39109 on Form S-3
 of Emerson Electric Co. of our report dated November 6, 2000,
 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Emerson Electric Co.
 and subsidiaries as of September 30, 2000 and 1999, and the related
 consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders' equity, and cash
 flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30,
 2000, which report is incorporated by reference in the September 30, 2000
 annual report on Form 10-K of Emerson Electric Co.



 /s/ KPMG LLP

 St. Louis, Missouri
 December 21, 2000