Form: 10-K

Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

November 23, 2009

Exhibit 24
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
The undersigned members of the Board of Directors and Executive Officers of Emerson Electric Co., a Missouri corporation with principal offices at 8000 West Florissant Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, 63136, hereby appoint W. J. Galvin as their Attorney-in-Fact for the purpose of signing Emerson Electric Co.'s Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-K (and any and all Amendments thereto) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009.
 
Dated: October 6, 2009
 
Signature
 
Title
     
/s/   D. N. Farr
 
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
D. N. Farr
 
and President
     
/s/   W. J. Galvin
 
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
W. J. Galvin
 
Officer and Director
     
/s/   R. J. Schlueter
 
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
R. J. Schlueter
   
     
/s/   C. A. H. Boersig
 
Director
C. A. H. Boersig
   
     
/s/   A. A. Busch III
 
Director
A. A. Busch III
   
     
/s/   C. Fernandez G.
 
Director
C. Fernandez G.
   
     
/s/   A. F. Golden
 
Director
A. F. Golden
   
     
/s/   H. Green
 
Director
H. Green
   
 
 
 

 
 
/s/   R. B. Horton
 
Director
R. B. Horton
   
     
/s/   W. R. Johnson
 
Director
W. R. Johnson
   
     
/s/   V. R. Loucks, Jr.
 
Director
V. R. Loucks, Jr.
   
     
/s/   C. A. Peters
 
Director
C. A. Peters
   
     
/s/   J. W. Prueher
 
Director
J. W. Prueher
   
     
/s/   R. L. Ridgway
 
Director
R. L. Ridgway
   
     
/s/   R. L. Stephenson
 
Director
R. L. Stephenson