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                                                                     EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Each of the undersigned directors of Emerson Electric Co. (the
"Company") hereby constitutes and appoints R. W. Staley, W. J. Galvin, W. W.
Withers, C. W. Groennert and H. M. Smith, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all registration statements on Form S-8 registering
shares of the Company's Common Stock (including Preferred Share Purchase
Rights) which may be offered pursuant to any employee benefit plan of the
Company ("Plan") and interests in the Plan with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and amendments (including post-effective
amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and hereby grants power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, 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 any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Dated and effective as of the 4th day of October, 1994.

                                        

/s/ C. F. Knight                          /s/ G. A. Lodge
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C. F. Knight                              G. A. Lodge

/s/ J. J. Adorjan                         /s/ R. B. Loynd
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J. J. Adorjan                             R. B. Loynd

/s/ L. L. Browning, Jr.                   /s/ B. A. Schriever
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L. L. Browning, Jr.                       B. A. Schriever

/s/ A. A. Busch, III                      /s/ R. W. Staley
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A. A. Busch, III                          R. W. Staley

/s/ D. C. Farrell                         /s/ A. E. Suter
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D. C. Farrell                             A. E. Suter

/s/ J. A. Frates                          /s/ W. M. Van Cleve
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J. A. Frates                              W. M. Van Cleve

/s/ R. B. Horton                          /s/ E. F. Williams, Jr.
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R. B. Horton                              E. F. Williams, Jr.