POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, SCOTT A. KING, do hereby make constitute
and appoint JEFFREY S. GORMAN and JAMES C. KERR and BRIGETTE A. BURNELL, or any
of them, my true and lawful Attorneys-In-Fact, for me and in my name, place and
stead, to do any and all acts on my behalf in order to prepare, execute and file
(i) Forms 3, 4 or 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to
securities of The Gorman-Rupp Company (the "Company") in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules
promulgated thereunder (the "Exchange Act"), (ii) Schedules 13D or 13G
(including any amendments thereto) which may be required to be filed in
accordance with Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Exchange Act and (iii) a Form ID
and any other forms necessary to obtain or renew Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") access codes, including but not limited to a CIK, a CCC, a
Password, a Password Modification Authorization Code, and a Passphrase, as a
result of my ownership of or transactions in securities of or position with the
Company. The authority granted by this Power of Attorney includes, but is not
limited to, preparing, signing and filing any such Form ID, 3, 4 or 5, or
Schedule 13D or 13G, with the SEC and/or any stock exchange or other appropriate
authority and any and all acts done in furtherance thereof.
Further, I hereby grant to each of the aforementioned Attorneys-In-Fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully and to the same extent as I could do
personally, with full power of substitution or revocation, and I hereby ratify
and confirm all that such Attorneys-In-Fact, or his or her or their substitute
or substitutes shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. I further acknowledge that each of the
aforementioned Attorneys-In-Fact is serving in such capacity at my request and
are not assuming any of my responsibility to comply with Section 16(a) and
Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Exchange Act. I agree that each such
Attorney-In-Fact may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing
by me to each such Attorney-In-Fact.
This Power of Attorney shall be effective so long as I am a director or officer
of the Company and for so long thereafter as I shall have any obligation to file
Forms 3, 4 or 5, or Schedules 13D or 13G with respect to securities of the
Company with the SEC and/or any stock exchange or other appropriate authority,
unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to the aforementioned
Attorneys-In-Fact at The Gorman-Rupp Company, 600 South Airport Road, Mansfield,
Ohio 44903. The powers granted hereunder are durable and shall not be effected
by any legal disability which I might incur.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be executed this 3rd
day of April, 2017.
WITNESSES:
/s/Angie Morehead
/s/David J. Daniels Jr.
						/s/Scott A. King
STATE OF OHIO	       	)
COUNTY OF RICHLAND	)

Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 3rd day of April, 2017.

    	/s/Sherri M. Massie
    	Notary Public