Form: 10-K

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

November 23, 2010

 
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 F. J. Dellaquila 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, 2010.

Dated: October 5, 2010

Signature
 
Title
     
/s/  D. N. Farr
 
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
  D. N. Farr
 
Officer and President
     
/s/  W. J. Galvin
 
Vice Chairman and Director
  W. J. Galvin
   
     
/s/  R. J. Schlueter
 
Vice President and Chief Accounting
  R. J. Schlueter
 
Officer
     
/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/  J. B. Menzer
 
Director
  J. B. Menzer
   
     
/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