

"Buck" Persons was named company president. Senator from Missouri from 1953-1976, and a candidate for the Presidency of the United States in 1960.

Symington went on to become the first United States Secretary of the Air Force from 1947-1950, a Democratic U.S.

Emerson ranked 52nd among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. It quickly expanded its product line to include electric sewing machines, electric dental drills, and power tools.ĭuring World War II, under the leadership of Stuart Symington, Emerson became the world's largest manufacturer of airplane armament. In 1892, it became the first to sell electric fans in the United States. by Civil War Union veteran John Wesley Emerson to manufacture electric motors using a patent owned by the Scottish-born brothers Charles and Alexander Meston. Louis, Missouri as Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co.
