Emerson was established in 1890 in St. Louis, Missouri as Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co. 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.
Emerson foi fundada en 1890 en St. Louis, Missouri, como Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co. polo veterano unionista da Guerra de Secesión John Wesley Emerson para a fabricación de motores eléctricos que utilizaban unha patente propiedade dos irmáns escoceses Charles e Alexander Meston.