Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, the undersigned, a director of The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the Company), do hereby make, nominate and appoint Bruce A. Backberg and Kenneth F. Spence III, or either of them, to be my attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority to sign on my behalf a Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any amendments thereto, and shall have the same force and effect as though I had manually signed the Form 10-K or amendments.

Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    HOWARD P. BERKOWITZ
		Howard P. Berkowitz, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    KENNETH J. BIALKIN
		Kenneth J. Bialkin, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    CAROLYN H. BYRD
		Carolyn H. Byrd, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    JOHN H. DASBURG
		John H. Dasburg, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    LESLIE B. DISHAROON
		Leslie B. Disharoon, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    JANET M. DOLAN
		Janet M. Dolan, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    KENNETH M. DUBERSTEIN
		Kenneth M. Duberstein, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    LAWRENCE G. GRAEV
		Lawrence G. Graev, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    MERYL D. HARTZBAND
		Meryl D. Hartzband, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    THOMAS R. HODGSON
		Thomas R. Hodgson, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    WILLIAM H. KLING
		William H. Kling, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    JAMES A. LAWRENCE
		James A. Lawrence, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    BLYTHE J. MCGARVIE
		Blythe J. McGarvie, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    GLEN D. NELSON, M.D.
		Glen D. Nelson, M.D., Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    CLARENCE OTIS, JR.
		Clarence Otis, Jr., Director

Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    JEFFREY M. PEEK
		Jeffrey M. Peek, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    NANCY A. ROSEMAN
		Nancy A. Roseman, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    CHARLES W. SCHARF
		Charles W. Scharf, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    GORDON M. SPRENGER
		Gordon M. Sprenger, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    FRANK J. TASCO
		Frank J. Tasco, Director
Date:  March 16, 2005	By	/S/    LAURIE J. THOMSEN
		Laurie J. Thomsen, Director