MAYTAG CORPORATION

                                   Exhibit 23

                          Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.











                         Consent of Independent Auditors





Shareowners and Board of Directors
Maytag Corporation

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Number
33-8249, Registration Statement Number 33-8248, Registration Statement Number
33-6378, Registration Statement Number 33-22228, and Registration Statement
Number 33-26620 on Forms S-8; and Registration Statement Number 33-35219 on
Form S-3 of Maytag Corporation and in the related Prospectuses of our report
dated January 30, 1996, with respect to the consolidated financial statements
and schedule of Maytag Corporation included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K)
for the year ended December 31, 1995.






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Chicago, Illinois
March 22, 1996