Question: In 2010, who controlled the Senate and the body who presides over any impeachment trial of the president of the country Matthias W. Day holds citizenship in?

The proceedings unfold in the form of a trial, with each side having the right to call witnesses and perform cross-examinations. Senators must also take an oath or affirmation that they will perform their duties honestly and with due diligence. After hearing the charges, the Senate usually deliberates in private. The Constitution requires a two thirds super majority to convict a person being impeached. The House members, who are given the collective title of managers during the course of the trial, present the prosecution case, and the impeached official has the right to mount a defense with his own attorneys as well. <SEP> Matthias W. Day (August 8, 1853 – September 12, 1927) was a career American army officer who received the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, for his actions during the American Indian Wars in the latter half of the 19th century. Day was a longtime officer with the African-American 9th Cavalry Regiment, seeing action during the Apache Wars against the Apache leaders Victorio and Geronimo. <SEP> for thirty days after the death of a current or former president or president - elect, as occurred after the death of president reagan and the death of president ford. for ten days after the death of a current vice president, current or retired chief justice, or current speaker of the house of representatives. from the day of death until interment of an associate justice of the supreme court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president, the president pro tempore of the senate, or the governor of a state, territory, or possession. on the day of death and the day after for a member of congress. on memorial day until noon. every september 11 in remembrance of the september 11 attacks. upon presidential proclamation, usually after the death of other notable figures or tragic events. <SEP> The One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. It began during the last two weeks of the George W. Bush administration, with the remainder spanning the first two years of Barack Obama's presidency. In the November 4, 2008, elections, the Democratic Party increased its majorities in both chambers, giving President Obama a Democratic majority in the legislature for the first two years of his presidency. It was composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The apportionment of seats in the House was based on the 2000 U.S. Census. A new delegate seat was created for the Northern Mariana Islands. The 111th Congress had the most experienced members in history: at the start of the 111th Congress, the average member of the House had served 10.3 years, while the average Senator had served 13.4 years. This Congress has been considered one of the most productive Congresses in history in terms of legislation passed since the 89th Congress, during Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society. <SEP> the united states presidential line of succession is the order in which persons may become or act as president of the united states if the incumbent president becomes incapacitated, dies, resigns, or is removed from office (by impeachment by the house of representatives and subsequent conviction by the senate). the line of succession is set by the united states constitution and the presidential succession act of 1947 as subsequently amended to include newly created cabinet offices. the succession follows the order of vice president, speaker of the house of representatives, president pro tempore of the senate, and then the heads of federal executive departments who form the cabinet of the united states. the cabinet currently has fifteen members, beginning with the secretary of state, and followed by the rest in the order of their positions' creation. those heads of department who are ineligible to act as president are also ineligible to succeed the president by succession, for example most commonly if they are not a natural - born u.s. citizen.