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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned do hereby appoint J.
Daniel Stinnett and Jeffrey D. Aberdeen, or either of them, attorney for the
undersigned and in the name of and on behalf of the undersigned to sign a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 to be filed by Commerce Bancshares, Inc.,
together with any and all amendments which might be required from time to time
with respect thereto, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Act of 1933, with respect to the acquisition of
Breckenridge Bancshares Company with full power and authority in either of said
attorneys to do and perform in the name of and on behalf of the undersigned
every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in connection therewith
as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person.
Executed as of the 5th day of December 2000.
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/s/ DAVID W. KEMPER /s/ A. BAYARD CLARK
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David W. Kemper A. Bayard Clark
/s/ JEFFREY D. ABERDEEN /s/ GIORGIO BALZER
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Jeffrey D. Aberdeen Giorgio Balzer
/s/ FRED L. BROWN /s/ JOHN R. CAPPS
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Fred L. Brown John R. Capps
/s/ W. THOMAS GRANT /s/ JAMES B. HEBENSTREIT
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W. Thomas Grant James B. Hebenstreit
/s/ JONATHAN M. KEMPER /s/ MARY ANN VAN LOKEREN
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Jonathan M. Kemper Mary Ann Van Lokeren
/s/ TERRY O. MEEK /s/ BENJAMIN F. RASSIEUR
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Terry O. Meek Benjamin F. Rassieur
/s/ L. W. STOLZER /s/ ANDREW C. TAYLOR
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L. W. Stolzer Andrew C. Taylor
/s/ WILLIAM A. SULLINS, JR. /s/ ROBERT H. WEST
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William A. Sullins, Jr. Robert H. West
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