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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SCHULZE JOHN B   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LAMSON & SESSIONS CO [LMS] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chmn of the Bd.,Pres. & CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) THE LAMSON & SESSIONS CO., 25701 SCIENCE PARK DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/29/2005 (Street) CLEVELAND, OH 44122 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price COMMON STOCK               20,887 I See Footnote (1) COMMON STOCK               30,000 I See Footnote (2) COMMON STOCK               1,100 I See Footnote (3) COMMON STOCK               700 I See Footnote (4) COMMON STOCK               290,335 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (Right to Buy Common Stock)

$ 9.725

04/29/2005

A

100,000

04/29/2006(5)

04/29/2015

Common Stock

100,000

$ 0

100,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SCHULZE JOHN B THE LAMSON & SESSIONS CO. 25701 SCIENCE PARK DRIVE CLEVELAND, OH 44122	X		Chmn of the Bd.,Pres. & CEO

Signatures

/s/ Aileen Liebertz Aileen Liebertz, Attorney-in-Fact for John B. Schulze		05/03/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Held under The Lamson & Sessions Co. Deferred Savings Plan (the "401(k) Plan"), as of March 31, 2005, exempt under Rule 16b-3(c).
(2)	Owned by Wife.
(3)	IRA account for benefit of reporting person.
(4)	IRA account for benefit of wife.
(5)	Grant to Reporting Person of option to buy 100,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, exercisable over three years as follows: one-third on April 29, 2006; one-third on April 29, 2007; and one-third on April 29, 2008, with number of shares vested in each year rounded to the nearest whole share.

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