EXHIBIT 24
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                               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 ("SEC") the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 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 SEC 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 SEC 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
SEC 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 1996 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 ____ day of March, 1996.



/s/  Raymond F. Bentele                    /s/  Robert A. Jefferies, Jr.
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Raymond F. Bentele                         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/  Richard L. Pearsall
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Robert Ted Enloe, III                      Richard L. Pearsall



/s/  Richard T. Fisher                     /s/  Maurice E. Purnell, Jr.
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Richard T. Fisher                          Maurice E. Purnell, Jr.



/s/  Frank E. Ford, Jr.                    /s/  Felix E. Wright
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Frank E. Ford, Jr.                         Felix E. Wright



/s/  David S. Haffner
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David S. Haffner




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