Exhibit 32

         CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(b) AND
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

                In connection with the Quarterly Report of Emerson Electric Co. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, D. N. Farr, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, to the best of my knowledge, pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

(1)     The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)     The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and
          results of operations of the Company.

                   In connection with the Quarterly Report of Emerson Electric Co. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, W. J. Galvin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, to the best of my knowledge, pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that: