EXHIBIT 24




                  Power of Attorney



                          CULLEN/FROST BANKERS, INC.

                 OFFICERS' AND DIRECTORS' POWER OF ATTORNEY




KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints T.C. Frost, Robert S. McClane and Phillip D.
Green, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and with power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report
on Form 10-K of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1993, to sign any and all amendments thereto, and to file such
Annual Report and amendments, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.








  Signatures                         Title                      Date
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                            Chairman of the Board
                            and Director (Principal)
/s/ T.C. FROST                Executive Officer)           February 1, 1994
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(T.C. Frost)

                                President and
/s/ ROBERT S. McCLANE             Director                 February 1, 1994
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(Robert S. McClane


/s/ ISAAC ARNOLD, JR.             Director                 February 1, 1994
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(Isaac Arnold, Jr.)


/s/ HENRY E. CATTO                Director                 February 1, 1994
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(Henry E. Catto)



/s/ HARRY H. CULLEN               Director                 February 1, 1994
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(Harry H. Cullen)


/s/ ROY H. CULLEN                 Director                 February 1, 1994
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(Roy H. Cullen)



/s/ RICHARD W. EVANS, JR.         Director                 February 1, 1994
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(Richard W. Evans, Jr.)


/s/ W. N. FINNEGAN, III           Director                 February 1, 1994
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(W. N. Finnegan, III)


/s/ JOSEPH H. FROST               Director                 February 1, 1994
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(Joseph H. Frost)


/s/ JAMES W. GORMAN, JR.          Director                 February 1, 1994
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(James W. Gorman, Jr.)


/s/ JAMES L.HAYNE                 Director                 February 1, 1994
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(James L. Hayne)


/s/ HARRIS L. KEMPNER, JR.        Director                 February 1, 1994
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(Harris L. Kempner, Jr.)


/s/ RICHARD M. KLEBERG, III        Director                 February 1,
1994
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(Richard M. Kleberg, III)

  Signatures                         Title                      Date
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/s/ QUINCY LEE                    Director                 February 1, 1994
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(Quincy Lee)


/s/ J. GORDON MUIR, JR.           Director                 February 1, 1994
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(J. Gordon Muir, Jr.)


/s/ W.B. OSBORN, JR.              Director                 February 1, 1994
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(W.B. Osborn, Jr.)


/s/ ROBERT G. POPE                Director                 February 1, 1994
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(Robert G. Pope)


/s/ HERMAN RICHTER                Director                 February 1, 1994
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(Herman Richter)


/s/ A. FRANK SMITH, JR.           Director                 February 1, 1994
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(A. Frank Smith, Jr.)


/s/ CURTIS VAUGHAN, JR.           Director                 February 1, 1994
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(Curtis Vaughan, Jr.)

                                Executive Vice
                                President and
/s/ PHILLIP D. GREEN              Treasurer                February 1, 1994
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(Phillip D. Green)