POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors of
LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED, a Missouri corporation (the "CORPORATION") does
hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Harry M. Cornell, Jr., Michael A.
Glauber, Robert A. Jefferies, Jr., and Ernest C. Jett, or any one of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, to sign in the name of and on behalf of the
undersigned directors of the Corporation and to file with the Securities &
Exchange Commission the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1993 and any other documents or further Amendments to
said Annual Report, and to take such other action, all as said attorneys-in-
fact, or any one of them, deem necessary or advisable to the end that such
Annual Report or amendments thereto in respect of same, shall comply with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder; and does hereby ratify and
confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, may do by virtue
hereof.

     Additionally, each of the undersigned directors of the Corporation does
hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Harry M. Cornell, Jr., Michael A.
Glauber, Robert A. Jefferies, Jr. and Ernest C. Jett, or any one of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, to, from time to time, sign in the name of
and on behalf of the undersigned directors of the Corporation and to file with
the Securities & Exchange Commission Registration Statements with respect to the
Corporation's common stock, $.01 par value, and the Preferred Stock Purchase
Rights attached to and trading with such Common Stock to be sold in secondary
offerings by shareholders of the Company and any other documents or further
Amendments or Post Effective Amendments to such Registration Statements and to
take such other action, all as said attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, deem
necessary or advisable and does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, may do by virtue hereof.

     Additionally, each of the undersigned directors of the Corporation does
hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Harry M. Cornell, Jr., Michael A.
Glauber, Robert A. Jefferies, Jr. and Ernest C. Jett, or any one of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, to, from time to time, sign in the name of
and on behalf of the undersigned directors of the Corporation and file with the
Securities & Exchange Commission Registration Statements with respect to
securities (including the Corporation's common stock, $.01 par value, and the
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights attached to and trading with such Common Stock)
to be sold pursuant to the Corporation's Restated Employee Stock Purchase/Stock
Bonus Plan, 1989 Discount Stock Plan, 1989 Flexible Stock Plan, Directors Stock
Option Plan and any other employee benefit plans of the Corporation adopted or
approved during calendar year 1994 and any other documents or further Amendments
or post Effective Amendments to such Registration Statements (or any previous
registration statements filed as respects any of the above-mentioned Plans) and
to take such other action, all as said attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them,
deem necessary or advisable and does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, may do by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney or
a counterpart hereof, as of the 9th day of February, 1994.



/s/ Herbert C. Casteel                        /s/ Robert A. Jefferies, Jr.
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Herbert C. Casteel                            Robert A. Jefferies, Jr.


/s/ Harry M. Cornell, Jr.                     /s/ Alexander M. Levine
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Harry M. Cornell, Jr.                         Alexander M. Levine

/s/ Robert Ted Enloe, III                     /s/ James C. McCormick
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Robert Ted Enloe, III                         James C. McCormick


/s/ Richard T. Fisher                         /s/ Richard L. Pearsall
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Richard T. Fisher                             Richard L. Pearsall


/s/ Frank E. Ford, Jr.                        /s/ Maurice E. Purnell, Jr.
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Frank E. Ford, Jr.                            Maurice E. Purnell, Jr.


                                              /s/ Felix E. Wright
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                                              Felix E. Wright