EXHIBIT 24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR EDGAR M. PURVIS, JR.
Published on January 15, 2015
Exhibit 24
SECTION 16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of F. J. Dellaquila, F. L.
Steeves, J. G. Shively, and D. J. Rabe, and their successors in office and designees, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any
other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned
to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2) execute and file for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer
and/or director of Emerson Electric Co. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16
(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneysin-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the unde ned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed of this 9th day of
January, 2015.
/s/ E. M. Purvis, Jr.
E. M. Purvis, Jr.