Exhibit 24.1
                         ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each of the undersigned directors and officers of Anheuser-Busch Companies,
Inc., a Delaware  corporation (the  "Company"),  hereby appoints August A. Busch
III, W. Randolph Baker, JoBeth G. Brown and William J. Kimmins, Jr., and each of
them acting singly, the true and lawful agents and attorneys of the undersigned,
with full power of substitution, to do all things and to execute all instruments
which any of them may deem  necessary  or  advisable  to enable  the  Company to
comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  and any rules,  regulations
and  requirements of the Securities and Exchange  Commission in respect thereof,
in connection with the (i) amendments to the existing Registration  Statement on
Form S-3 (Registration  Statement No. 333-31477) relating to the debt securities
of the Company;  this authorization to include the authority to sign the name of
each of the undersigned in the capacities indicated below to the said amendments
and (ii)  proposed  registration  under  said  Act  pursuant  to a  Registration
Statement  on Form S-3 of the debt  securities  of the  Company  in a  principal
amount of $750,000,000;  this authorization to include the authority to sign the
name of each of the  undersigned in the capacities  indicated  below to the said
proposed  Registration  Statement to be filed with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission in respect of said securities, and to any amendments to said proposed
Registration Statement.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  each of the  undersigned  has executed a copy of this
Power of Attorney as of December 16, 1998.

       /S/ AUGUST A. BUSCH III                   /S/ W. RANDOLPH BAKER
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           August A. Busch III                     W. Randolph Baker
         Chairman of the Board                 Vice President and
               and President                      Chief Financial Officer
     (Principal Executive Officer)             (Principal Financial Officer)

          /S/ JOHN F. KELLY                    /S/ BERNARD A. EDISON
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                John F. Kelly                      Bernard A. Edison
     Vice President and Controller                     Director
     (Principal Accounting Officer)

       /S/ CARLOS FERNANDEZ G.                   /S/ JOHN E. JACOB
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         Carlos Fernandez G.                       John E. Jacob
                  Director                           Director

         /S/ JAMES R. JONES                    /S/ CHARLES F. KNIGHT
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            James R. Jones                       Charles F. Knight
                  Director                            Director

                                               /S/ VILMA S. MARTINEZ
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          Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.                  Vilma S. Martinez
                  Director                            Director

         /S/ SYBIL C. MOBLEY                   /S/ JAMES B. ORTHWEIN
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           Sybil C. Mobley                      James B. Orthwein
                  Director                           Director

      /S/ WILLIAM PORTER PAYNE                   /S/ JOYCE M. ROCHE
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        William Porter Payne                      Joyce M. Roche
                  Director                            Director

        /S/ ANDREW C. TAYLOR                 /S/ DOUGLAS A. WARNER III
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          Andrew C. Taylor                    Douglas A. Warner III
              Director                               Director

       /S/ WILLIAM H. WEBSTER
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        William H. Webster                      Edward E. Whitacre, Jr.
                Director                              Director