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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-160649
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190530

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LAWSON PRODUCTS INC/NEW/DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000703604
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [5080]
		IRS NUMBER:				362229304
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8770 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60631
		BUSINESS PHONE:		773-304-5208

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8770 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60631
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Lawson Products, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>8770 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 900 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago, IL 60631 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May 30, 2019 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I><U>VIA EDGAR SUBMISSION </U></I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and
Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office
of Manufacturing and Construction </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, N.E. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attn: Edward M. Kelly, Senior Counsel
</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-231671</FONT> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><U>Request for Effectiveness</U> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule 461 of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Lawson Products, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3,</FONT> File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-231671</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) so that it may become effective at 12:00 noon Eastern Time on Monday, June&nbsp;3, 2019 or as soon thereafter as practicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company hereby acknowledges that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) should the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) the action of the Commission or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does
not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) it may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any
person under the federal securities laws of the United States. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Edward&nbsp;M. Kelly </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May&nbsp;30, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Page 2 </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We respectfully request that you notify Tom Monson of Jenner&nbsp;&amp;
Block LLP at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">312-840-8611</FONT></FONT> when the Registration Statement is declared effective. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sincerely, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>/s/ Neil E. Jenkins </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Neil E. Jenkins </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President, Secretary and General
Counsel </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lawson Products, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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