Exhibit 24

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors and
officers of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the
"Company") hereby constitutes and appoints Patrick T. Stokes, W. Randolph
Baker, John F. Kelly and JoBeth G. Brown, and each of them acting singly,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys, or agent and attorney, with full
powers of substitution, resubstitution and revocation, for and in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned to do any and all things and to execute
any and all instruments which said agents and attorneys, or any of them, may
deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof,
in connection with the 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company,
including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, full power and authority to sign the name of each of the
undersigned in the capacities indicated below to the said 2004 Annual Report
on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to
any and all amendments to said 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K, and each of
the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and agents, and to each of
them singly, full power and authority to do and perform on behalf of the
undersigned every act and thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be
done in the premises as fully as the undersigned could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them,
or the substitutes or substitute of them or of any of them, shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has subscribed these presents
this 23rd day of February, 2005.


/s/ Patrick T. Stokes                    /s/ W. Randolph Baker
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(Patrick T. Stokes)                      (W. Randolph Baker)
President and Chief Executive Officer    Vice President and Chief
and Director                             Financial Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)            (Principal Financial Officer)



/s/ John F. Kelly                        /s/ August A. Busch III
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(John F. Kelly)                          (August A. Busch III)
Vice President and Controller                  Director
(Principal Accounting Officer)



/s/ Carlos Fernandez G.                  /s/ James J. Forese
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(Carlos Fernandez G.)                    (James J. Forese)
      Director                               Director





/s/ John E. Jacob                        /s/ James R. Jones
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(John E. Jacob)                          (James R. Jones)
    Director                                 Director


/s/ Charles F. Knight                    /s/ Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.
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(Charles F. Knight)                      (Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.)
     Director                                   Director


/s/ Vilma S. Martinez                    /s/ William Porter Payne
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(Vilma S. Martinez)                      (William Porter Payne)
     Director                                   Director


/s/ Joyce M. Roche                       /s/ Henry Hugh Shelton
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(Joyce M. Roche)                         (Henry Hugh Shelton)
    Director                                   Director


/s/ Andrew C. Taylor                     /s/ Douglas A. Warner III
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(Andrew C. Taylor)                       (Douglas A. Warner III)
    Director                                     Director



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(Edward E. Whitacre, Jr.)
       Director