EX-24 8 c05205exv24.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY exv24
 

EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     We, the undersigned Directors and Officers of Commerce Bancshares, Inc. do hereby name, constitute and appoint J. Daniel Stinnett, Jeff Aberdeen or Bayard Clark, III, our agent and attorney-in-fact, for each of us and in our respective behalves as Directors and/or as Officers of Commerce Bancshares, Inc. to sign and execute a Registration Statement on Form S-4, and any amendments thereto, relating to the registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission of shares of common stock of Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
     Executed this 19th day of April, 2006.
         
/s/ John R. Capps
      /s/ Thomas A. McDonnell
         
John R. Capps
      Thomas A. McDonnell
 
        
/s/ W. Thomas Grant, II
      /s/ Terry O. Meek
         
W. Thomas Grant, II
      Terry O. Meek
 
        
/s/ James B. Hebenstreit
      /s/ Benjamin F. Rassieur, III
         
James B. Hebenstreit
      Benjamin F. Rassieur, III
 
        
/s/ David W. Kemper
      /s/ Andrew C. Taylor
         
David W. Kemper
       Andrew C. Taylor
Director and CEO
     
 
        
/s/ Jonathon M. Kemper
      /s/ Mary ann Van Lokeren
         
Jonathon M. Kemper
      Mary Ann Van Lokeren
 
        
/s/ Sean M. Leadbeater
      /s/ Robert H. West
         
Sean M. Leadbeater
      Robert H. West
 
        
 
      /s/ A. Bayard Clark, III
         
 
      A. Bayard Clark, III
 
      Chief Financial Officer