<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950138-18-000606.txt : 20181108
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20181108170455
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950138-18-000606
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181106
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181108
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181108

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Bulanda Mark J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001687308

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00278
		FILM NUMBER:		181170505

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8000 W. FLORISSANT AVENUE
		CITY:			ST. LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63136

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EMERSON ELECTRIC CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000032604
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC & OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (NO COMPUTER EQUIP) [3600]
		IRS NUMBER:				430259330
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	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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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2018-11-06</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000032604</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EMERSON ELECTRIC CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EMR</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001687308</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Bulanda Mark J</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>8000 W. FLORISSANT AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ST. LOUIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>63136</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Sr. VP Planning &amp; Dev.</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-11-06</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>16005</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>131852</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>425.15</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>401(k) plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1039.747</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>401(k) excess plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Acquisition of 16,005 shares pursuant to Rule 16b-3 upon payout of 29,100 earned units under a performance share award under a shareholder-approved benefit plan. The payout was based on the level of achievement of financial targets for the performance period ended September 30, 2018. Of these 29,100 units, 16,005 units were paid in shares of Issuer stock, with the remaining 13,095 units paid in cash to cover the reporting person's tax obligations.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Price is not applicable to acquisitions described in Note 1.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>EXHIBIT LIST- Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney for Mark J. Bulanda</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ John A. Sperino, Attorney-in-Fact for Mark J. Bulanda</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-11-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>bulandapoa_012018.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR MARK J. BULANDA
<TEXT>
SECTION 16
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of S. Y. Bosco, F. J. Dellaquila, D. J. Rabe, J. G. Shively, J. A. Sperino
and J. H. Thomasson and their successors in office and designees, signing
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
		behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
		(the "SEC") 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 SEC of
		reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
		1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

	(2)	execute and file for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
		undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Emerson
		Electric Co. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with
		Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
		thereunder;

	(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
		which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
		Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
		thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities
		and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
		and

	(4)	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.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or 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
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 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
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 of this 22nd day of January, 2018.

/s/Mark J. Bulanda
____________________________
Mark J. Bulanda
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