The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Ernest C. Jett, John G.
Moore, Aileen A. Gronewold and S. Scott Luton or the designee of any one of
them, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") on the undersigned's behalf a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain
codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with
the or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	execute on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to
file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or
disposition of securities of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated ("the Company");

(3)	perform any act on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary
or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form
or report, and timely file such form or report with the SEC and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

(4)	take any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be in the best interest of or legally
required by the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to perform any act necessary or proper in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 3rd day of May, 2006.

/s/DENNIS S. PARK
Dennis S. Park