1 CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP -------------------------------- We consent to the incorporation by reference into each registration statement of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. listed below of our report dated February 24, 1995 with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Worthen Banking Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1993 and the related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1994 which report is included as an exhibit to the Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. Form 8-K dated April 28, 1995. Our report refers to changes in the methods of accounting for investments in 1994 and income taxes in 1993. Form No. ---- --- S-3 33-50525 Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan S-8 33-15717 1987 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan S-8 33-15715 Amended 1981 Incentive Stock Option Plan S-8 33-25945 Centerre Bancorporation 1983 Incentive Stock Option Plan Centerre Bancorporation 1980 Stock Option Plan S-8 33-25946 Centerre Bancorporation 1987 Stock Incentive Plan S-8 33-50451 1990 Stock Purchase Plan for Employees S-8 33-37862 Thrift Incentive 401(k) Plan S-8 33-44546 1991 Incentive Stock Option Plan S-8 33-46730 First Interstate of Iowa, Inc. S-8 33-55168 Sunwest Financial Services, Inc. 1983 Incentive Stock Option Plan S-8 33-55110 Sunwest Financial Services, Inc. 1987 Incentive Stock Option Plan S-8 33-51635 First Amarillo Bancorporation, Inc. and Subsidiaries Incentive Stock Option Plan (Number 1) S-8 33-51637 First Amarillo Bancorporation, Inc. and Subsidiaries Incentive Stock Option Plan (Number 2) S-8 33-58399 Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan S-8 33-58395 Worthen Banking Corporation Amended and Substituted Stock Option Plan /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP Little Rock, Arkansas April 28, 1995