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, 2011.

Dated: October 4, 2011

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

/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