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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY


         The undersigned Officer and Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company,
an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints J.M. Scaminace, S.P. Hennessy and L.E. Stellato, and
any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or
attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity indicated below, said
Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto (including
post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all supplements and
exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any national
securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of them, full
power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever
required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and
approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date: May 8, 2003                          /s/  C.M. Connor
      ---------------------------         ----------------------------------
                                          C.M. Connor
                                          Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
                                          Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned Officer and Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company,
an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints C.M. Connor, S.P. Hennessy and L.E. Stellato, and any
of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or
attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity indicated below, said
Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto (including
post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all supplements and
exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any national
securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of them, full
power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever
required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and
approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date: May 5, 2003                        /s/  J.M. Scaminace
      --------------------------         -------------------------------------
                                         J.M. Scaminace
                                         President and Chief Operating Officer,
                                         Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned Officer of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints C.M. Connor, J.M. Scaminace and L.E. Stellato, and any
of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or
attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity indicated below, said
Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto (including
post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all supplements and
exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any national
securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of them, full
power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever
required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and
approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date:  May 9, 2003                          /s/  S.P. Hennessy
       ---------------------------          -----------------------------------
                                            S.P. Hennessy
                                            Senior Vice President - Finance
                                            and Chief Financial Officer


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned Officer of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints C.M. Connor, J.M. Scaminace, S.P. Hennessy and L.E.
Stellato, and any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity
indicated below, said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all
supplements and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
national securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying
and approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date: May 5, 2003                         /s/  J.L. Ault
      -----------------------------       ------------------------------------
                                          J.L. Ault
                                          Vice President - Corporate Controller



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints C.M. Connor, J.M. Scaminace, S.P. Hennessy and L.E.
Stellato, and any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity
indicated below, said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all
supplements and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
national securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying
and approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date: May 5, 2003                      /s/  J.C. Boland
      ------------------------         ----------------------------------------
                                       J.C. Boland
                                       Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints C.M. Connor, J.M. Scaminace, S.P. Hennessy and L.E.
Stellato, and any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity
indicated below, said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all
supplements and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
national securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying
and approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date: May 5, 2003                          /s/  J.G. Breen
      ----------------------------         ------------------------------------
                                           J.G. Breen
                                           Director


<PAGE>



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints C.M. Connor, J.M. Scaminace, S.P. Hennessy and L.E.
Stellato, and any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity
indicated below, said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all
supplements and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
national securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying
and approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date: May 6, 2003                        /s/  D.E. Collins
      --------------------------         --------------------------------------
                                         D.E. Collins
                                         Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints C.M. Connor, J.M. Scaminace, S.P. Hennessy and L.E.
Stellato, and any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity
indicated below, said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all
supplements and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
national securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying
and approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date:  May 8, 2003                            /s/  D.E. Evans
       ---------------------------------      ---------------------------------
                                              D.E. Evans
                                              Director


<PAGE>



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints C.M. Connor, J.M. Scaminace, S.P. Hennessy and L.E.
Stellato, and any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity
indicated below, said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all
supplements and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
national securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying
and approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date:  May 6, 2003                       /s/  S.J. Kropf
       -------------------------         --------------------------------------
                                         S.J. Kropf
                                         Director



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints C.M. Connor, J.M. Scaminace, S.P. Hennessy and L.E.
Stellato, and any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity
indicated below, said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all
supplements and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
national securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying
and approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date:  May 5, 2003                         /s/  R.W. Mahoney
       --------------------------          ------------------------------------
                                           R.W. Mahoney
                                           Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints C.M. Connor, J.M. Scaminace, S.P. Hennessy and L.E.
Stellato, and any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity
indicated below, said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all
supplements and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
national securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying
and approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date:  May 5, 2003                    /s/  G.E. McCullough
       ------------------------       ---------------------------------------
                                      G.E. McCullough
                                      Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints C.M. Connor, J.M. Scaminace, S.P. Hennessy and L.E.
Stellato, and any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity
indicated below, said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all
supplements and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
national securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying
and approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date:  May 5, 2003                      /s/  A.M. Mixon, III
       -----------                      ---------------------------------------
                                        A.M. Mixon, III
                                        Director


<PAGE>



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints C.M. Connor, J.M. Scaminace, S.P. Hennessy and L.E.
Stellato, and any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity
indicated below, said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all
supplements and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
national securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying
and approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date:  May 9, 2003                       /s/  C.E. Moll
       ------------------------          --------------------------------------
                                         C.E. Moll
                                         Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                          THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), which corporation anticipates filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any other
appropriate form) relating to the registration of additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, in connection with The
Sherwin-Williams Company Employee Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints C.M. Connor, J.M. Scaminace, S.P. Hennessy and L.E.
Stellato, and any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity
indicated below, said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all
supplements and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
national securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys, and each one of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying
and approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any substitutes.

         Executed the date set opposite my name.



Date:  May 6, 2003                     /s/  R.K. Smucker
       ----------------------          ----------------------------------------
                                       R.K. Smucker
                                       Director



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