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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-3, 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. Leadbetter
      /s/ Robert H. West    
 
Sean M. Leadbetter
     
 
Robert H. West 		   
 
            
 
      /s/ A. Bayard Clark, III    
 
     
 
A. Bayard Clark, III 		   
 
      Chief Financial Officer