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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950138-99-000124.txt : 19990723
<SEC-HEADER>0000950138-99-000124.hdr.sgml : 19990723
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950138-99-000124
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19990722
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		19990722

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EMERSON ELECTRIC CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000032604
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL [3823]
		IRS NUMBER:				430259330
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	033-60055
		FILM NUMBER:		99668447

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8000 W FLORISSANT AVE
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 4100
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63136
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3145532000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8000 W. FLORISSANT
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 4100
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63136

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EMERSON ELECTRIC MANUFACTUING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19730710
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<DESCRIPTION>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8
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                                                       Registration No. 33-60055
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                        Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
                                    FORM S-8

                             Registration Statement

                        Under the Securities Act of 1933

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                              EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              Missouri                                      43-0259330
  ---------------------------------                     -------------------
    (State or Other Jurisdiction                          (IRS Employer
  of Incorporation or Organization)                     Identification No.)

    8000 West Florissant Avenue
         St. Louis, Missouri                                   63136
  ---------------------------------                     -------------------
       (Address of Principal                                 (Zip Code)
         Executive Offices)

              EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN OF EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
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                            (Full title of the plan)

                             Harley M. Smith, Esq.
               Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel
                              Emerson Electric Co.
                           8000 West Florissant Avenue
                            St. Louis, Missouri 63136
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                        (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (314) 553-2431
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          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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     The  Registrant  registered  100,000  shares  of Common  Stock and  related
Preferred Share Purchase Rights which were offered to eligible  employees of the
Registrant  pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Emerson Electric Co.
The Plan has been  discontinued,  and,  therefore,  the Registrant  removes from
registration  all shares of Common Stock and related  Preferred  Share  Purchase
Rights not sold pursuant to the Plan.












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                                   SIGNATURES

     The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all  the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8  and  has  duly  caused  this
Post-Effective  Amendment  to the  Registration  Statement  to be  signed on its
behalf by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly  authorized,  in the  County of St.
Louis, State of Missouri on July 21, 1999.

                                                 EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.


                                                 By:      /s/ H. M. Smith
                                                    ---------------------------
                                                    Assistant Secretary and
                                                    Assistant General Counsel



















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