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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000019617-03-000398
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030715
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030725

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			J P MORGAN CHASE & CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000019617
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				132624428
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		270 PARK AVE
		STREET 2:		39TH FL
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2122706000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		270 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CHASE MANHATTAN CORP /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960402

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CHEMICAL BANKING CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CHEMICAL NEW YORK CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19880508

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SREDNICKI RICHARD J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001254769

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05805
		FILM NUMBER:		03802972

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		J P MORGAN CHASE & CO
		STREET 2:		270 PARK AVENUE 35TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212 270 2451

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		J P MORGAN CHASE & CO
		STREET 2:		270 PARK AVENUE 35TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
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		<footnote id="F1">Reporting person also beneficially owns 428.8841 shares as follows:  Indirect Ownership (401-k Plan)</footnote>
		<footnote id="F2">Will vest if the $75.00 target price is achieved, but not sooner than January 25, 2002.  If the target price has not been reached by January 25, 2006, the award will be forfeited.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F3">Will vest if the $85.00 target price is achieved, but not sooner than January 25, 2004.  If the target price has not been reached by January 25, 2006, the award will be forfeited.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F4">Vests over various dates as follows: 11,064 on February 2, 2000, 11,064 on February 2, 2001, 12,168 on March 12, 2001, 36,116 on August 12, 2001, 11,064 on February 2, 2002, 12,168 on  March 12, 2002, 36,115 on August 12, 2002, 12,168 on March 12, 2003 and 36,116 on August 12, 2003.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F5">These options were granted pursuant to the Growth Performance Incentive Program under the Corporation's 2001 Stock Option Plan and 1/2 will become exercisable on 1/25/2003 if Cumulative Fully Diluted Cash Operating Earnings Per Share, excluding JPMorgan Partners and extraordinary events, (EPS) equals $8.50 for 2001 and 2002; an additional 1/2 will become exercisable on 1/25/2003 if EPS equals $8.50 for 2001 and 2002 and Retail &amp; Middle Market Financial Services achieves Cumulative Shareholder Value Added of $2.1 billion for 2001 and 2002 (RMMFS Goal).   If the foregoing EPS goal is not achieved, 30% will become exercisable on 1/25/2003 if the RMMFS Goal has been achieved.  All options that do not become exercisable on 1/25/2003 will become exercisable on 1/18/2007.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F6">Vests annually in thirds beginning January 17, 2003.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F7">Vests annually in halves beginning January 25, 2005.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F8">Vests annually in fourths beginning on January 18, 2002.</footnote>
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		<signatureName>By: /s/ James C.P. Berry, under POA on behalf of</signatureName>
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<P align=center><FONT size=2><B>J.P. Morgan Chase &amp; Co.<BR>Power of
Attorney<BR>For Preparing, Signing and Filing Certain Reports with the SEC</B>
</FONT>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL BY THESE
PRESENTS</B>, that the undersigned in his or her capacity as an officer or
director of J. P. Morgan Chase &amp; Co. ("JPMC") hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Anthony J. Horan, William H. McDavid, Lisa Montgomery Wells and
James Berry signing singly, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: </FONT>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2>(1)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size=2>prepare and execute for and on behalf of the
      undersigned in connection with transactions in JPMC securities
      (a)&nbsp;any and all forms of report, including amendments to such
      reports, required to be made pursuant to Section&nbsp;16(a) of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and related rules of
      the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and (b)&nbsp;any documents
      or reports which may be required under SEC Rule&nbsp;144 to permit the
      undersigned to sell JPMC common stock without registration under the
      Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") in reliance on Rule&nbsp;144 as
      amended from time to time;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size=2>do and perform any and all acts for and on
      behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable for the
      preparation and timely filing of any such reports, documents and reports
      with the SEC, any United States stock exchange, and any other authority;
      and</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD width="3%"><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2>(3)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size=2>take any other action of any type whatsoever
      in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
      attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, 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.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned hereby
grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
each 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 to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers hereby granted. The undersigned acknowledges
that none of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned is assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with either the Exchange Act or the 1933 Act. </FONT>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>IN WITNESS
WHEREOF</B>, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of
July&nbsp;15, 2003 </FONT>
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    <TD vAlign=top align=left><FONT size=2><U>/s/ Richard J. Srednicki</U></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER>
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